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If you liked The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Karamazov Brothers

    Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

    Because shares tags: classics, russia, literary fiction.

    Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

  2. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, russia.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

  3. Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe · 1958

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

  4. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

  5. The Importance of Being Earnest

    Oscar Wilde · 1895

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.

  6. The Horse and His Boy

    C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.

    Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

  7. The Green Mile

    Stephen King · 1996

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.

    Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

  8. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett · 1983 · Discworld #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, satire.

    A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.

  9. The Amber Spyglass

    Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.

    Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

  10. Peter Pan

    J.M. Barrie · 1911

    Because shares tags: classics, fantasy.

    Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

  11. Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

  12. Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert · 1857

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.

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